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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY RIBBON-BACK SIDE CHAIRS

Lot 53
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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£ 107 100
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 992745
Lot 53 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY RIBBON-BACK SIDE CHAIRS
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY RIBBON-BACK SIDE CHAIRS

AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1755

Each with a ruffled foliate carved arched crest rail above a pierced interlaced splat carved with a ribbon suspending C-scrolls joining pierced foliate stiles and a serpentine over-upholstered seat, above a scalloped C-scroll and ruffle apron centered by a cartouche on hipped cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet, with white-painted 333 and 337 to inner back rail

39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.) high, 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm.) wide, 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm.) deep





Provenance

Part of a set of eight most likely acquired by Thomas Harvard for Barrington Court, near Ilminster, Somerset, circa 1756.

Removed to Dillington House, near Ilminster, Somerset, in the early 19th century.

With R.L. Harrington, Ltd.

With Hotspur Ltd., London

Private Collection, London



Literature

A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, figs.173, 174, 175.

Nicholas Carew, 'Montacute House, Somerset', Connoisseur Year Book, 1952, p. 17, No. IX, the set of eight chairs in the dining room.

G. Wills, English Furniture, 1760-1900, London, 1971, p.18.

N. Goodison and R. Kern, Hotspur: Eighty Years of Antique Dealing, London, 2004, pp. 136-137, fig. 8.

J.L. Milne, Caves of Ice, Diaries: 1946 & 1947, pp.127-128.

L. Wood, ‘Tied Up In Knots: Three Centuries of the Ribbon-Back Chair,’ Furniture History, 2015, vol. 51, pp. 241–70.



Exhibited

Montacute House, Somerset, 1948-1979.



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Medium:Mahogany, Wood
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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